Immediately, Captain Sun reported in detail to the two leaders the course of their operation and the results of the two battles, and Su Yuan also added some.
After listening to the reports of the two men, Captain Li not only pondered. Originally, according to the plan, they eliminated some of the Japs here and established a foothold, and then opened up a new base area. However, they did not expect that the Japs had already sent more troops here.
Captain Sun replied: "Commander, the Japanese went south along the highway and burned, killed and looted the villages along the way. Most of the villages near the highway were destroyed."
"Yes, I saw with my own eyes the atrocities committed by the Japanese. There was only one commoner left in that village who we rescued." Su Yuan also looked at Commander Li with longing eyes.
"Should we ask our superiors for instructions and ask the nearby supplementary regiment to support us? We must fight a battle." The political commissar suggested considering the situation.
"If we want to stand firm and mobilize the masses, we have to fight a battle. This is exactly what I thought before." Captain Li said: "But in front of us is an elite field brigade of the Japanese. Even if our two regiments join forces,
I’m afraid I can’t deal with it.”
"A Japanese brigade has more than a thousand people, including three to four infantry squadrons of nearly 200 people, a transport squadron and a machine gun squadron, and an artillery platoon or company." Su Yuan knew the Japanese organization well and said:
"If we really fight, even one of our divisions may not be able to defeat them. Their firepower is too strong, and their individual combat quality is far higher than that of our soldiers."
"Are we just going to let them be so tyrannical?" Captain Sun said angrily.
"There are no friendly troops around," the political commissar said.
"We will fight on our own!" Captain Li decided: "We can use movement tactics and not engage in direct combat with the Japanese, but we must continue to harass them and try to find fighter planes to annihilate some of them."
"By the way," Su Yuan said immediately: "When I first met Company Commander Sun, I heard that you could ambush a Japanese squadron?"
"Well, we still have this ability. In a seven-to-one ambush battle, we are sure to annihilate a squadron of Japanese soldiers." Captain Li turned his attention to Su Yuan.
"Our two battles just now probably wiped out a small team of Japs. We can use this strategy to continuously consume the enemy first," Su Yuan said.
Commander Li heard that Su Yuan's suggestion was more than that, otherwise Su Yuan would not have asked about their combat capabilities. He immediately asked: "Go on."
"This is what I just thought of. My deputy company commander, ah, it was deputy squad leader Li who was injured in the battle. Two of us had to carry him. Later, we rescued a civilian and the three of us were able to carry him.
Lifting it will not only lose our combat effectiveness, but also make us very tired." Su Yuan replied.
"It's interesting." The three of them said in unison, and they gradually understood what Su Yuan meant.
Captain Li immediately said: "If you can succeed, we may have a chance."
"Then you should ask your superiors for instructions to dispatch additional troops to block the Japanese rescue." The political commissar also understood.
"We also need to send a force behind to attack the Japanese baggage transport, so that they can't take care of both ends, so as to reduce the pressure on the supplementary regiment." Commander Li said.
"But it all depends on you. That is a Japanese squadron." The political commissar lacked confidence in Su Yuan.